Charge Nurse - Highfield Adolescent Mental Health Unit- Oxford

TN United Kingdom; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

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Charge Nurse - Highfield Adolescent Mental Health Unit- Oxford, Headington Quarry

Client: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Headington Quarry, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

6

Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

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Job overview

Are you enthusiastic? Passionate? Looking for an opportunity to lead?

We are looking for a compassionate individual to join us as a Band 6 Charge Nurse at the Highfield Unit, a state-of-the-art purpose-built hospital that specializes in the care of those aged 11-18.

The Highfield Unit offers 18 inpatient beds to those young people who require intense support and treatment not possible within the community. We assess and treat those with a wide range of disorders and difficulties including eating disorders, psychosis, bi-polar/mood disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma, self-harm, and relationship and attachment-based difficulties. We also have the provision of a 2-bed area for those that need high dependency care.

Our service aims to provide excellent, safe care with the highest quality of nursing care to young people and their families who require support from the inpatient team. We pride ourselves on being flexible, passionate, and dynamic in our approach to treatment and care and aim to work with young people in a collaborative and holistic manner. Our practice is guided by evidence and best-practice, and we believe excellent clinical supervision and reflective spaces are essential to maintain wellbeing and reflective practice.

Main duties of the job

We have a large MDT team to work alongside including teachers, psychologists, dieticians, occupational therapists, family therapists, consultant and medical team, administrators, and healthcare assistants. There is the opportunity to work alongside different disciplines to share knowledge, ideas, and ensure that the assessment of a young person and their family is thorough and individualized.

You will have the opportunity to support the clinical nurse leads and modern matron in leading the nursing team; this can range from being involved in supporting staff recruitment, assisting with interviews, delivering preceptorship, completing inductions, and identifying training needs within the nursing team and resolving how to address these.

You will also assist in ensuring that the unit meets all Trust and national policies and guidelines and may support the implementation of any audits or changes in standards or policy alterations. You will be part of the team who identifies training needs and delivers these to the nursing team. You will provide day-to-day leadership to the ward and support the nursing team to develop.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants, and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Highfield Unit aims to provide services that respect the privacy, dignity, choices, and confidentiality of each individual patient, acknowledging their culture, ethnicity, physical ability, gender, and religious beliefs.

This is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate and develop your skills and ability, whilst continually improving services and providing hands-on quality care to young people.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RMN
• Management courses/qualifications

Experience

• Understanding of child protection issues.
• Understanding of the multidisciplinary approach.
• Understanding of the effects of mental illness on young people and their families.

Skills/Knowledge

• A good understanding and working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Previous experience in an adolescent or acute setting.
• Ability to adapt to different approaches of care.
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust-wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just, and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring, and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing.